A little man often
A little man often cast a long shadow. G. M. Trevelyan
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A little man often cast a long shadow. G. M. Trevelyan
If to be great means to be good, then Denis Diderot was a little man. But if to be great means to do great things in the teeth of great obstacles, then none can refuse him a place in the temple of the Immortals. Evelyn Beatrice Hall
you can’t fit the same religion to every man any mo’ than you can the same pair of breeches. The big man takes the big breeches an’ the little man takes the small ones, an’ it’s jest the same with religion. It may be cut after one pattern, but it’s might apt to get its … Read more
Must! Is must a word to be addressed to princes? Little man, little man! Thy father, if he had been alive, durst not have used that word. Elizabeth I
Fashion is that horrid little man with an evil eye who tells you that your last winter’s coat may be in perfect physical condition, but you can’t wear it. You can’t wear it because it has a belt and this year ‘we are not showing belts. Elizabeth Hawes
I would rather take hellebore than spend a conversation with a good, little man. Edward Dahlberg
Of all the weaknesses little men rail against, there is none that they are more apt to ridicule than the tendency to believe. And of all the signs of a corrupt heart and a feeble head, the tendency of incredulity is the surest. Real philosophy seeks rather to solve than to deny. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st … Read more
Recorded history is largely an account of the crimes and disasters committed by banal little men at the levers of imperial machines. Edward Abbey
I consider how little man is, yet, in his own mind, how great. He is lord and master of all things, yet scarce can command anything. Edmund Burke
Picasso was a delightful, kindly, friendly, simple little man. When I met him he was extremely excited and overjoyed that his mother-in-law had just died, and he was looking forward to the funeral. Edith Sitwell